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27 Cards in this Set
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Acquaintance
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Process used by parents to get to know or become familiar with their new infant; an important step in attachment
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Afterbirth
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The placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
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Attachment
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A specific and enduring affective tie to another person
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Boggy Uterus
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Soft and spongy uterus
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Bonding
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A personal relationship formed between infant and parent
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En face
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Face to face position in which parent’s and infant’s eyes are approximately 20 cm apart and on the same plane
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Engrossment
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A parent’s absorption, preoccupation, and interest in his or her infant; term typically used to describe the father’s intense involvement with his newborn
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Entrainment
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Phenomenon observed in the microanalysis of sound films in which the speaker moves several parts of the body and the listener responds to the sounds by moving in ways that are coordinated with the rhythm of the sounds. Infants have been observed to move in time to the rhythms of adult speech but not to random noises or disconnected words or vowels
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4th stage of labor (4th trimester)
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Initial period of recovery from childbirth. It is usually considered to last for the first 1 to 2 hours after the expulsion of the placenta
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Hemorrhoids
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Swelling and inflammation of blood vessels in or around the anus causing pain, itching, and sometimes bleeding
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Involution
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Rolling or turning inward; reduction in size of the uterus after birth and its return to its non-pregnant condition
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Letting-go phase
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Interdependent phase after birth in which the mother and family move forward as a system with interacting members
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Lochia
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Vaginal discharge during puerperium consisting of blood, tissue, and mucous
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Lochia alba
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Thin, yellowish to white, vaginal discharge that follows lochia serosa on about the 10th day after birth and that may last from 2 to 6 weeks postpartum
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Lochia rubra
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Red, distinctly blood-tinged vaginal flow that follows birth and lasts 2 to 4 days
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Lochia serosa
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Serous, pinkish brown, watery vaginal discharge that follows lochia rubra until about the 10th day after birth
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Mutuality
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Component of parent-infant attachment; infant behaviors and characteristics call forth corresponding parent behaviors and characteristics
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Postpartum blues
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A letdown feeling, accompanied by irritability and anxiety, which usually begins 2 to 3 days after giving birth and disappears within a week or two; sometimes called the baby blues
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Postpartum depression
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Depression occurring within 6 month of childbirth, lasting longer that postpartum blues and characterized by a variety of symptoms that interfere with activities of daily living and care of the baby
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Puerperuim
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Period after the third stage of labor and lasting until involution of the uterus takes place, usually about 3 to 6 weeks
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Reciprocity
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Type of body movement or behavior that provides the observer with cues, such as behavioral cues infants provide to parents and parents’ response to cues
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Sibling rivalry
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Negative behaviors exhibited by siblings in response to the addition of a new baby in the family
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Subinvolution
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Failure of a part (e.g., the uterus) to reduce to normal size and condition after enlargement form functional activity (e.g., pregnancy)
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Synchrony
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Fit between an infant’s cues and the parent’s response
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Taking-hold phase
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Period after birth characterized by a women becoming more independent and more interested in learning infant care skills; learning to be a competent mother is an important task
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Taking-in phase
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Period after birth characterized by the women’s dependency; maternal needs are dominant and talking about the birth is an important task
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Uterine atony
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Relaxation on the uterus; leads to postpartum hemorrhage
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